Bar code software identifies or decodes bar code symbology, generates output strings corresponding to barcode values, creates bar code fonts, prints bar codes, and/or performs tracking, etc

Hand held bar code scanners are used typically as inventory or point of sale (POS) devices.

Bar code scanners are designed to read imprinted bar / matrix code symbologies.

Slot card bar code scanners are designed to read imprinted bar code cards that are passed through the aperture on the reader

Fixed mount bar code scanners are designed to manually or mechanically read items passed by their scan windows.

Bar code printers are used to output bar code data in printed form

Manufacturing support software is used in shop floor, process, tool and maintenance management